Topics of interest: - Unconventional monetary policies and normalization of the monetary policy and: the pricing of financial assets, the risk taking by banks, the spillover effects to other developed and emerging markets, the financial market liquidity. - Basel III capital and liquidity ratio...

This year's forum and discussions will touch upon themes such as the relevance of micro data for evidence-based policymaking; big data and micro-data hubs; statistics on a from-whom-to-whom basis; macroeconomic impacts of natural resources; and measuring material conditions. The conference is by...

Topics: - The tradeoff between the speed of fiscal consolidation and the strength of anti-cyclical policy in the current macroeconomic environment and in general, - The roles played by different fiscal policy instruments, - The effects of anti-cyclical policy in theory and in practice, -...

The conference is intended to address the above-mentioned questions, which are currently at the centre of the policy debate. To this end, papers are solicited in the areas of macroeconomics, banking and finance, including - The role of institutions and interlinkages before and during financial...

IZA and DFID organize the first workshop in their joint program on growth and labor markets in low-income countries. The GLM-LIC program aims to improve worldwide knowledge on labor market issues in low-income countries and provide a solid basis for capacity building and the development of...

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 20 presentations from academic researchers in all areas of labor market policy evaluation and methodological contributions from related fields.

Specific questions are, among others: • Measuring interconnectedness of financial institutions at the national and in-ternational level. • Consequences of financial integration for financial stability and regulation. • Bank regulation and its impact on bank behaviour, competition and...

At this IZA topic week we will bring together economists and labor economists who have worked on the political economy of reforms in general and of labor markets reforms in transition and emerging economies. As we can perceive the transition context as a quasi-natural experiment, it is...

We seek high-quality academic work from fields such as economics, sociology and political science. We are particularly interested in studies that provide cross-national comparisons or assessments of country-specific institutional reforms with policy relevance such as: public and child care; tax...